Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming";.

Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

When in doubt, do it.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.